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  • In other news

    I’ll come right out and say that my husband, Andrew, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We’ve known for a short while and have been coming to terms with the news.  I’m not going to go into all the personal details but I will say that I married a beautiful man, full of love, energy,… Read more

  • A few links for National Poetry Day UK

    Yes, it’s that’s time of year again.  It’s National Poetry Day in the UK.  Here are a few posts I’ve read this morning which you might also enjoy. A gentle, interesting, contemplative post from Anthony Wilson who seems to be countering the imperative mood of the beautifully designed slogans from this year’s National Poetry Day campaign with… Read more

  • On not blogging and putting your poems first

    I’ve been absent from here of late, really since I got back from my holiday in Portugal, and it’s mainly because I’m trying to plough on with my poetry writing, especially as I’m taking a break from paid work.  I feel that I need to make the most of my free time as I’m never too… Read more

  • On continuing to read with your kids

    Like many parents, my husband and I have always read with our children.  When they were babies, we read fairy stories and nursery rhymes to them and gave them board books to chew and dribble over.  Touch-and-feel books were popular, as were lift-the-flap books (usually reinforced with triple layer sellotape to cater for even the most boisterous of… Read more

  • Three years of ‘And Other Poems’.

    My poetry site And Other Poems turned three years old in August.  What started as an uncluttered  place for my own poems has grown into an online anthology of over 350 poems by more than 250 poets, archived at The British Library, and viewed more than 125,000 times.  In September 2015, my post ‘Three poems by Tania Hershman’ was… Read more

  • Not quite here, not quite anywhere.

    I’ve been absent, absent-minded, not quite here, out of sorts, not myself.  I’ve been a bit poorly, had some kind of bug, haven’t been sleeping well and, to make matters worse, because I lost my only pair of decent reading glasses, I’m wearing an old pair which are scratched, not the right prescription and giving… Read more